immediately this is a cover. only mailmen city al-jazeera investigation. of silence this time on counting the cost we'll talk to i.m.f. chief christine lagarde about how the economic model is changing here in the middle east can ireland break regs it find out how the emerald isle is course in the middle of a big round between the u.k. and the e.u. plus the year of the dog in china counting the cost at this time on. the financial legibly conducted what they call information warfare against the united states thirteen russians are indicted by the us special prosecutor investigating alleged meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election.

this is al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha back to pull also ahead. thank you very much you are the. president donald trump of voice questions about america's gun laws while visiting victims of the florida school shooting. turning to the military to send gun violence first zealots president gives the army full control of security in rio de janeiro and countries stage a conference in germany but as we find out all is not as it sees. thank you for joining us thirteen russians and three russian companies have been indicted over alleged tampering in the twenty six thousand us presidential election it's a major escalation on the on the ongoing investigation as mike hanna reports from

washington. an anti trump protest march in new york shortly after his election this one of the pro and anti trump rallies a special council alleges were organized by the group of russians sometimes at the same time on the same day. part of a massive campaign the indictments say were aimed at promoting donald trump at the expense of his opponents both republican and democrat special counsel robert miller has indicted a total of thirteen russian nationals and three companies for alleged interference with the twenty sixteen elections according to the unsealed indictment the accused conspired from two thousand and fourteen until today to interfere with the us political and electoral processes including the presidential election of two thousand and sixteen the special counsel alleges that the group posed as americans

and controlled social media accounts but focused on divisive social and political issues. the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein states that there are no conclusions in the indictment that the campaign affected the election result no allegation in this indictment that any american had any knowledge and the nature of the scheme was that the defendants took extraordinary steps to make it appear that they were ordinary american political activists even going so far as to base their activities on a virtual private network here in the united states of anybody traced it back to the first jump and they appear to be americans this interpreted in a unique way by president trump who tweeted in reaction russia started the n.t. us campaign in two thousand and fourteen long before i announced that i would run for president the results of the election were not impacted the trump campaign did nothing wrong no collusion. no acknowledgement that the indictments implicitly

reject his off stated opinion that claims of russian interference were as he put it fake news donald trump is going to be very worried about today's events in large part because it puts to lie the allegations that he's made for the past year that there was no russian involvement many republicans including president trump and so i've been highly critical of the work being carried out by robert miller and his team these indictments put to an end any attempts to undermine or even a hole to the investigation by the special counsel the other certainty that proof of russian involvement in the u.s. election is just the beginning and not the end of the investigation mike hanna al-jazeera washington. the u.s. president meanwhile has dodged questions about gun reform visited victims of a school shooting in florida seventeen people died when former students nicholas

coles opened fire on a school in pocket and on wednesday as now known the f.b.i. failed to act on a warning that may have prevented the attack and gallacher reports. president trump's first stop in florida was to the hospital where some of the victims of wednesday's shooting still recovering his visit wasn't publicly announced but he told reporters he had spoken with victims and their families if you think there is incredible i don't want to drive through it. he then went on to visit with law enforcement officials but news that the f.b.i. mishandled vital information about nicholas cruz have dominated headlines it's now down that someone close to cruz called authorities with specific information about the nineteen year old's intentions by the information was not passed to the proper authorities a startling failure by the f.b.i. earlier today the f.b.i. released a statement regarding information provided to our public access line on january fifth of this year. the caller provided information about nicholas cruz the

potential of him becoming a school shooter. under normal protocol this information should have been provided to the miami field office there appropriate best to give steps would have been taken. the f.b.i. has a term and the protocol was not followed. florida's governor is called on the agency's director to step down adding yet more pressure to an organization already under scrutiny by the republican party and a makeshift memorial to those that died people continue to pay their respects but there's also anger that more isn't being done about gun control one mother's message to the president is typical of the reaction here i would tell trump that you've got to get it together this is not about politics this is not about money. this is about children's lives this is about protecting our children as a mother with children that have grown up in the city and gone to school i cannot

as a mother tell my child that you are safe when i drop you off in a car line because i don't know that every day hotel trump you know you have children you need to protect the children first and foremost before money before politics before your ego you need to do something to get these guns out of these people's hands it's not known if the president will spend more time in parkland but most here are focused on remembering and grieving there are seventeen crosses here to honor those that died in wednesday's my shooting but according to the journal pediatrics between two thousand and twelve and two thousand and fourteen an average of thirteen hundred children died of gun violence each year in this community there's an overwhelming desire for change but changing this country's gun laws will be a long and hard fought battle to go across his era parkland florida and other world news south africa's new president has promised a new dawn as he delivered his first state of the nation address serial from

a post i was so on and on thursday after his embattled predecessor jacob zuma quit as requested by his party the a.n.c. in a moment we'll hear reaction to his speech from rob matheson from the township where our posts i grew up but for some of them in a reports from the parliament in cape town. with no threat of protests and list security this state of the nation address was a departure from recent years with demonstrations have become routine. this was an opportunity for president subtle realm of course to outline the government's goals for the coming here and set the tone of the new administration much of his speech focused on economic growth and job creation almost a third of south africa's population is unemployed most of them under the age of thirty five poverty levels. rose in twenty fifteen. unemployment has gone up and inequality has persisted for several years

our economy has not grown at the pace needed to create enough jobs so that we can lift our people out of poverty i'm opposed her plans to grow the economy by five percent in the next few years by boosting the agriculture and manufacturing industries and offering more support for small business from up also reiterated his commitment to land expropriation without compensation a policy that remains divisive has also promised to clamp down on corruption stressing the importance of ethical leadership but not everyone is convinced that we have realized that the president does not have the plague. the president speaks about commissions speaks about c.b.s. speaks about inquiries yes got no play it was an important speech and that is going to fart of a president it seems to lack the very idea of what is the total change that we

bring the president promised bold change but actually deliver more of the same still roam of course as tone was resolute at a time when south africans are looking for strong leadership from a possible cause at the dawn of a new era there is a sense of renewed hope with a president who enjoys wide appeal but still on the force i will be watched closely to see how we implement his policies and delivers on promises with some warning that south africans should to manage their expectations now attentional turn to rome of course as cabinet he's under pressure to change key appointments and root out corruption in government for me to melissa al-jazeera cape town. has high hopes for south africa's new president is known several rebel positions little boys two of thousands whose child has been spent on the streets of so well

to give them a chance. gives the in. this country would tend. to settle and said well you know everybody went everywhere or when he grows up there are those e-cards and that those were two things that really do. it right when it came to their real things similar were doing that i think so little has been described as the heart of africa it's a mixture of cultures and religions this prosperity here hundreds also poverty people here say that ruffles i can sing but only if he remembers where he's from but jacob zuma the man the ram opposing has replaced grew up in poverty too only to become mired in allegations of corruption there are those here who say that coming from so waiter may not be enough to prevent rubble piles of facing the same thing.

sitaram opposes first state of the nation speech also known as the sona has ranged from cutting youth unemployment boosting the struggling economy and helping industry and tackling widespread corruption i'm excited to see what still can do. i think his focus is not on human well it's on putting the country first for many many many positive things as you can hear the speech that i'm going and it's people clapping and not doing right so let's project right you know how this sunday is it creates expectations but i'm more at ease when excited is a lot more confident not extremely but i'm happy with what i have to file. in soweto and across the rest of south africa people have heard from opposers promises they're waiting to. see we can deliver right matheson al-jazeera so went. to the head on al-jazeera we traveled to the site of one of the worst massacres that accompanied the breakup of yugoslavia ten years after kosovo officially declared

independence and a stark warning on the future of global security as power brokers gather from major summit in germany to stay with us. another spell of what you could probably call unpleasant weather is working its way through the van rather tight little circulation of tide you just see coming in on this satellite picture is the active one it's not this big street kid which is basically just a streak of cloud in the sky quite pretty but not doing anything no the rain develops well not system and it looks like such as a pretty awful day for virtually anywhere north of egypt to be honest up to sun and this rain beyond that to through. through iraq as well baghdad maintains twenty one ball in the rain comes in it probably will start to feel colder down to eighteen is

a high on sunday as a rain really focuses on the western side of iran and up to the south and caucasus son should be up by this time in beirut in jerusalem the term she's actually rising and it will largely because of the sunshine the grind of coffee when in fact potentially flooded south of this and because of the activity really going to suddenly present already brought up around the gulf states in morning fog the temperatures by the kuantan event be rising in qatar bahrain thirty is well above or it should be buyers riyadh is back down to twenty six which is the average however that thirty can't last since the green street shows in kuwait might well happen on sunday night and little bit further east like qatar. a lifetime of a malaysian struck by stroke. selling reproductions can pay the bills but frustrate the artist. a pilgrimage to discover

his hero inspires an awakening that it's more rewarding to create and then to imitate. dreaming of vincent a witness documentary at this time on al-jazeera. our top stories on i'll just iraq criminal charges have been laid against eighteen russians and three companies as one of a u.s. investigation into meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election the indictment says they used thousands of fake social media accounts to influence public debate in favor of donald trump the us president meanwhile has visited the

victims of the mass shooting at a school in florida former students nicholas schools has confessed to killing seventeen people in pop and the head of the f.b.i. seizing false resign after the agency admitted that it failed to follow up on a tip about calls before the attack. and south africa's new president cyril ramaphosa has promised a new dawn for the country in his first state of the nation address from a post a war zone in on thursday out of the resignation of his predecessor jacob zuma is found to help unite the country and revive the economy. the start of the munich security conference has heard grim warnings that the threat of a major global conflict is at its highest in decades political leaders and military cheese from across the world are attending the. three day summit. the world has moved towards the brink of a significant conflict the words of the organizer of the security conference in munich it was an opinion clearly shared by the police who thrown protective cordons

around the luxury hotel where the event is being staged dozens of world leaders defense ministers and diplomats are attending a three day conference which provides a unique opportunity of a backroom discussions away from the spotlight of the media democracy and freedom the values we hear in the west value most are in decline are under threat the west our societies appeared to be weaker. than in the past the international order itself. is that list in the post world war period is at risk one of the key security concerns here has been the growing strain between the united states and other nato nations faced with russia's role in the conflicts in both syria and ukraine secretary general was eager to try and diffuse

the tensions but experience diplomats were putting the blame squarely on president trump we see a more assertive russia but we. just pointed out but the same time for nato it is important to avoid a new cold war avoid a prevent the new arms race and therefore we continue to work for dialogue with russia i'm very concerned that president trump has not been a strong leader for nato he's the first american president says nine hundred forty nine to be openly ambivalent about article five an attack on one of us is an attack on all he's been openly competitive with the european union so we're looking at a major sea change in the least the rhetoric of the american president. the secretary general of the united nations took to the stage to warn that the middle east was now what he called and authentically quite mild what i seek is changed

clearly is that today the whole global middle east became a mess and became a mess with a number of different fault lines that are completely crossing each other and interconnected the fault line that remains between israelis and palestinians the fault line that represents the memory of the cold war that is still there the fault line between sunni and shia and if you can look at these fault lines i described and it is clear that there is a very special position of a country like iran that has a fault line with saudi arabia and its allies a fault line with israel and the fault line with the united states it was a theme the emir of qatar. picked up the middle east is on the brink he said it's time to bring it back he had a direct message to the gulf nations mounting a saudi led blockade of his country how do regional relations been guided by a set of solid governance and the rule of law we would not have seen nations with

limited resources being a blackmailed into hurting their foreign policies for externally we would not have seen the exportation of world power or geographical constraints to satisfy the thirst for power now more than ever the opportunities for the real power brokers here to find a new way forward baikal all admit the world is on the brink of a major new conflict can they bring it back maybe change to al-jazeera unic. well that wasn't the only conference going on in munich another meeting not far away was organized by the countries that currently blockade in qatar but as a very ports many who turned up were paid to be there. a few blocks from where the world's most influential security conference is being held another than to has taken place the country's imposing a sea land and air blockade on qatar invited journalists to attend their own

meeting described as a conference to encourage sanctions against qatar when no one showed up organizers reportedly hired a p.r. company and the room was filled with young women who told us they were mostly from eastern europe one of them read the statement she had been handed by organizers i have to date. as. i see. it actually i. was. in was. in anyway when asked by an al-jazeera reporter why they were attending the event some said they were paid. one woman was presented as a senior analyst at

a think tank based in washington d.c. but the translator laughed as he reacted to when she asked the united states of america the e.u. and india to stop buying gas from qatar. similar meetings continue to take place elsewhere in many european countries many of the events are said to have been august rated and financed mostly by the saudi led coalition that cut off diplomatic ties with qatar last june accusing doha of violence in extremism there are accusations dismissed by the qatari government as fabricated lies more than eight. since the start of the crisis the u.s. the european union have called all the parties to set their differences assigned by the blockade in countries insist. meet a list of thirteen demands that include shutting down al-jazeera media network

grading ties with iran and closing a turkish military base the demands were rejected by qatar as violating its sovereignty has al-jazeera munich brazil's president michel to man has ordered the military to take charge of security in rio de janeiro as violence threatens to spiral out of control it's the first time the army has taken up such a role since the end of military dictatorship in the one nine hundred eighty s. chowta silver has our report. it's become a common sight in rio de janeiro heavily armed soldiers patrolling the city's most impoverished neighborhoods but now brazil's president michel tamar is taking it a step further or cable that is. organized crime almost to control in rio de janeiro state wished it's a cancer that is spreading through the country and threatens the tranquility of our people that's why we decided to issue the decree for federal intervention to ensure

public security a rio de janeiro. a presidential decree that puts the military in charge of all security operations across the rio de janeiro state a situation not seen in brazil since the end of military dictatorship thirty years ago. it's a matter of extreme circumstances requiring an extreme solution. every two hours a person is shot at in rio janeiro and the violence has been spilling beyond the cities for bella's more often wake up just a few weeks ago drivers on a major road had to run for cover as military police engaged in shootouts with suspected drug traffickers and despite a strong military presence rios famous carnival this year was marked by a spate of muggings armed robberies and confrontations. you hear john you know they press. it's an urgent problem for rio de janeiro but we've not been able to stop the war between gangs in our state he is an early military place and regular police

the military takeover comes at a time of severe economic crisis in rio de janeiro state and of bankruptcy in rio's police still critics say that by handing rio streets to the army to marie's attempting to give a boost to popularity levels some described as embarrassingly low they also fear that we the use of strong arm tactics by security forces abuses against the city's poor may become more common on the silver al-jazeera. an earthquake of magnitude seven point two has struck mexico's pacific coast the epicenter. and the state. they're no way for self. and these are pictures from mexico city three hundred fifty kilometers from the epicenter where building swayed parts of the country s.l.a. covering after earthquakes kills hundreds of people last september. it's ten years since kosovo officially declared independence from serbia after years of struggle

the massacre of course. was one of the major events in the civil war says yugoslavia speights apart andhra simmons went to the town to see how it's fared in recent years it's a war he's grown used to over the years. still can't comprehend why he lived and his brother died no other men had been fighters they were kosovar albanian and that was a death sentence for those buried here young and old. this happened within the reach of unarmed european observers but the serbs blocked their access romesha boni and others had been rounded up in this yard. to stop or to in the hall as you can see first of all they threw grenades and opened fire on the house people were screaming especially the kids who i was laid out and beaten just here then we were ordered to leave in that direction with our hands

behind our heads. like the others run a follow directions coming up here stopping to light a cigarette and then hearing shooting he ran in that direction and the rest had come along here and they'd fallen into a trap they call this the red trail paint marks the spots where blood stains belongings and foreign bodies had been found. and it was all exposed by this figure from what i personally saw i do not hesitate to describe the event as a massacre obviously a crime very much against humanity william walker's words started a diplomatic trail leading to nato's intervention the bombing of serbian military targets and there were civilian casualties back at rates this young man believes the conflict was worth it but by our own hire aisy who was six when his eighteen

year old brother was shot dead says many of kosovo's leaders a known neglecting his village and others like it. if we compare rhetorics contribution to the cost of postage i think the authorities have not paid off our sacrifice so many young people attend university degrees only to be unemployed they cannot make development to stifle every hyson our village has a person who's migrated to support their family it's the view of many kosovar albanians ten years of independence hasn't carried with it good fortune for all andrew symonds out jazeera recheck in kosovo the lunar new year has arrived a time when koreans pay respects to their ancestors but for families separated by the one nine hundred fifty s. korean war it can be a time off painful memories that reports from near the border between the two koreas. many people here don't know if their loved ones in the north are dead

or alive yet they come to pray and offer food and wine to family members during this lunar new year holiday with the mountains of north korea on the horizon the ritual at engine got resort offers them a physical proximity to their homes and the solace of comfort from others they share the pain dulled over the decades but not forgotten. not many of us are alive now and soon we will all be gone all wishes to have few will visit their homes the second and third generation will forget about their grandparents stories we should all know about or over one hundred thirty one thousand people are registered in a south korean database for separated families more than half are now dead of those still living more than half are eighty or older. that explains why as each year

passes attendance at these ceremonies is waning but this was the first time in one and long so when john made the track they grew up in the same neighborhood in north korea and fled as children during the war john one never saw his parents and never saw her grandparents again he misses his parents so much at times like this crying in front of the camera to try to find his family never had a wish it the last time families from the north and south were able to reunite was in two thousand and fifteen there's hope that the recent spirit of reconciliation by north korea will end the wait but people say until there is freedom to move between the two koreas a reunion brings only a temporary joy to a permanent party natasha al-jazeera south korea.

you know again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera criminal charges have been made against thirteen russians and three companies want to be u.s. investigation into alleged meddling in the twenty six thousand presidential election the indictment says they use thousands of fake social media accounts to influence public debate in favor of donald trump this indictment serves as a reminder that people are not always who they appear to be on the. indictment alleges that the russian conspirators want to promote discord in the united states and undermine public confidence in democracy we must not allow them to succeed the department of justice will continue to work waterloo with other law enforcement intelligence agencies and with the congress to defend our nation against similar current and future efforts the u.s. president has visited the victims of wednesday's mass shooting at

a school in florida former students nicholas kulish has confessed to killing seventeen people in pocket and the head of the f.b.i. say some calls to resign after the agency admitted that it failed to follow up on a tip about holes before the attack south africa's new president. promised i knew dawn for the country in his first state of the nation address from a post i was sworn in on thursday after the resignation of his predecessor jacob zuma has vowed to help unite the country and revive the economy. the start of the munich security conference has heard green warnings that the threat of a major global conflict is that it's highest in decades but as co-leaders and military chiefs from across the world are attending the three day summit almost a million homes across four states in mexico are without power after a seven point two magnitude earthquake struck the pacific coast it triggered mexico city's alarm system and caused buildings to sway there are no reports of casualties so far

a series of major earthquakes across mexico killed hundreds of people and damaged hundreds of thousands of homes last september coming up next here on al-jazeera is risking it all news has never been more available but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife for the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera.